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01.05 TONE/01.06 PLOT, PACING, AND POINT OF VIEW (01.05 TONE (Diction…
01.05 TONE/01.06 PLOT, PACING, AND POINT OF VIEW
01.06 PLOT, PACING, AND POINT OF VIEW
Elements of the Short Story
Setting
The location and time in which a story takes place
Character
The individuals in a work of fiction
Conflict
The main struggle or the many struggles a character faces; without conflict, there is no story.
Point of View
The angle or perspective from which the narrator tells the story.
First-person
Objective
Omniscient
Limited omniscien
Plot
The story line or action and events in a story.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax or Crisis
Falling Action
Resolution
Theme
The meaning of the work or the life lesson that readers should learn as a result of reading the story.
Pace
Slow
Fast
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Diction
Diction is a fancy word to describe an author's word choice.
Imagery
Imagery is anything that appeals to our senses
Details
Details refer to what facts a writer chooses to include and what he or she omits.
Syntax
Syntax is the same thing as sentence structure.